Knockdown toy vehicle



Sept. 29-, 1925.

H. D. FORSE v KNOCKDOWN TOY VEHICLE Filed Fab. 4, 1924 F j INVENTOR.

Maura. Fae-set A TTORNEYJ'.

wpe...)

HARRY DONALD roiisii,

KNOCKDOWIN Application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY DONALD Fonsn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of iinderson, county of N adison, and State of Indiana,have invented a certain new and useful Knockdown Toy Vehicle; and 1 dohereby declare that the following is a full. clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which like numerals refer to like parts.

This invention relates to a knockdown toy vehicle, and particularly tothe construction of the several parts whereby they may be readilyassembled by the distributor to whom they have been shipped.

The chief object of the invention is to construct a toy vehicle in sucha manner that the parts thereof may be shipped in knockdown relationshipand thereafter very readily assembled by the distributor with a minimumof effort.

The chief feature of the invention consists in the construction of theseveral parts whereby the same cannot be assembled in any other than apredetermined relationship from a. knockdown condition.

Other features of the invention while incorporated in a knockdownvehicle likewise are applicable to other toy vehicles not constructed inknockdown form.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is'a side elevational view of a knockdown toyvehicle showing the same in assembled relation. Fig. 2 is a top planview thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevational View of the several parts ofthe knockdown toy vehicle when in knockdown relationship. Fig. 4: is asectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and in the direction ofthe arrows. Fig. 5 is a rear elevational view of a modified form of theinvention upon a smaller scale. Fig. 6 is a side elevational view ofseveral of the parts shown in Fig. 5 in the knockdown or' collapsedposit-ion.

In the drawings 10 indicates a seat which may be of any desired outline,and herein said seat is supported by three wheels, two of which are ofthe ordinary traction type and the third one of which is in additionthereto a steering wheel. The vehicle very much resembles the tricycle.Hingedly supported at or ANDERSON, INDIANA.

TQY VEHICLE.

4, 1924. Serial No. 690,510.

one end of the seat by a pair of hinges 11 is a bolster 12, whiclr is,as shown in Fig. 3, adapted to lie adjar-rrnt and parallel to the seatwhen in knoc down relation and is adapted to be posit caed transverselyof and support said seat- 10 when in assemble-d relation, as shown inFig. 1. A brace 13 is also provided, and herein said brace is adapted torigidly conne :t the seat 10 and bolster 12 and prevents collapsingmovement of the bolster upon its pivotal support. Herein the bolster 12is shown provided with a T-shaped slot 14 of wedge outline. The brace 13carries a complementary tongue 15 receivable by the medianly positionedslot The opposite end of the brace 13 is suitably secured to the seat 10and thus serves to prevent collapsing movement of said seat and bolster.Herein the seat 10 is provided with a slight depression 16 which is inalignniientwith a recess 17 when the'brace is positioned in bracingrelation. The opening 17 is herein shown enlarged at 18 to receive thehead if) of the screw bolt 20 which passes through the opening 17 andregisters with the depression 16 and thereafter screws .into the seat 10to prevent sliding movement of the brace with respect to the seat andthus firmly anchors said brace to said scat, which in turn firmlysupports the bolster in assembled relation.

Reference will now be had to the steering construction. Herein the seat10 is provided with a suitable opening 20 upon the longitudinal axis ofthe seat. Said hole or aperture 20 is defined by a bearing plate orplates 21 suitably secured to the seat. If desired. this. bearing plateor plates may be omitted and thus reduce the cost of production.Rotatably supported in said aperture 20 is a post 22, which postincludes a bifurcated or forked port-ion 23 upon which is pivotallysupported, by means of the bolt and nut means 24 and 25 respectively, orother suitable pivoting member, a handle 26 having the tongue portion 27receivable by the fork portion 23 of the post. The handle 26 carries apair of gripping members 28 which maybe of any suitable or preferreddesign and maybe suitably secured to said handle as by passing the samethrough an opening 30 and securing the same against lateral movement insaid opening by the screw or nail 31. If desired, however. the opening30 may be of just sufficient size to receive the intermediate orconnecting portion 29 of the handle 28 and frictionally retain saidhandle in the opening 30.

When this construction is utilized, the cost of production is less thanwhen the screw 31 is added. The foregoing construction permits thehandle 26 to be positioned in any one of the several positions, andherein see Fig. 1 the full line position denotes arsteering positionwhen the occupants of the vehicle steers the same; while the dotted lineposition of the handle indicates the position the handl may assume whenthe vehicle is to be steered by someone pulling the same. In addition tothe foregoing adjustment possibilities, it will be noted that if thehandle 26 is rigidly secured to the post 22 in such as the adjustedposition illustrated by the full lines in Fig. 1, rotating said post 180degrees will position the handle in the pulling position from what maybe termed the full line or pushing position.

A fork 32 having the spaced sides 31 is adapted to rotatably supportupon the pivot 33 a steering wheel The fork 32 includes a socket 35adapted to receive the lower and projecting end 36 of the post 22. Aable pin or other locking connection 37 is aoapted to rigidly connectthe post and the fork together, so that they will move as a unit andlikewise be secured in assembled relation. The fork 32 is adapted tosupport the seat 10.

Reference will now be had particularly to Figs. 1, and 1, wherein therear wheel construction is illustrated. Herein the same consists of adivided axle construction and each axle is shown including a wheelsupporting portion 40 and a bolster supportable portion 11. The bolstersupportable portion 41 is provided with a suitable head one form ofwhich is herein illustrated. Said head 42 is receivable by a socket oraxle receiving member 13 having the yielding tongues 1 1-, which tonguesare moved outwardly by the axle head to permit its passage past thesame, and thereafter permit-s said tongues to spring inwardly and engagethe neck or reduced portion 4-5 of the axle and retain said axle in thesocket. A suitable wheel 46 is carried by the axle. The aforesaidconstruction permits the wheel and axle to be simultaneously removedfrom the axle receiving socket by forcible movement and also permitssaid socket to receive and yieldingly retain said axle when said axle ispositioned and projected into said socket upon the assembling of the vehicle. It will likewise be observed that the sockets are duplicates andthat the wheels and axles are duplicates.

In Figs. 5 and 6 there is illustrated a modified form of the inventionwhich constitutes a reversal of the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Inthis form of the invention the seat 110 is suitably supported by abolster 112 secured thereto by suitably securing means such as thescrews 120. The

bolster contains a central and transverse wedge-shaped groove or slot114 which does not extend the entire height of the bolster. The seat 110supports a brace 113 which is provided with a dovetailed locking memberor tongue 115 receivable by the wedge or dovetail groove 11% of thebolster 112. Herein the brace 113 is secured to the seat 110 by a pairof hinges or suitable hinge means 111. From the foregoing, therefore, itwill be noted that the motlitication illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 issubstantially a reversal of that form of the invention illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2, with this advantage. The wedge-shaped slot or groovesbegins at the seat and does not extend to the bottom of the bolster.llherefore, if the hinges become slightly loosened, the brace will notbecome detached from the bolster, but said bolster will nevcrtherless beretained in its substantially rectangular relation with respect to theseat.

While the invention has been described in great detail in the foregoingspecifications, the same is to be considered as illustrative and notrestrictive in character. lvlany modifications of the herein describedinvention have been referred to in the preceding, and thesemodifications as well as those which will readily suggest themselves tothose skilled in the art to which this in vention applies are allconsidered to be within the broad purview of the invention, referencebeing had to the appended claims.

The invention claimed is:

1. In a knockdown juvenile vehicle, a-seat, a bolster adapted to lieparallel thereto when collapsed and transversely thereof when inoperative relation, and a detachable brace rigidly connected to saidseat at one end, said brace and said bolster having a complementarytongue and groove connection for rigidly securing the brace to thebolster and for rigidly securing said bolster in transverse position.

2. In a juvenile vehicle, the combination of a bolster, a pair ofsupporting wheels, an axle for each wheel, an axle receiving socket foreach axle and supported by said bolster, said axle and said sockethaving complementary portions for yieldingly retaining the axle withinthe socket but permitting removal therefrom upon forcible movement.

3. In a juvenile vehicle, the combination of a bolster having a pair ofopenings therein, a pair of supporting wheels, an axle for each wheel,an axle receiving socket sup ported in each of said bolster openings,said axle and said socket having complementary portions for yieldinglyretaining the axle within the socket but permitting removal therefromupon forcible movement.

1. In a knock down juvenile vehicle, a bolster adapted to lie parallelthereto when collapsed and transversely thereof when in operativerelation, and a. brace similarly positionable and connected to both theseat and bolster, a pair of wheels, an axle for each wheel, and an axlereceiving member for each axle and supported by said bolster inalignment, said receiving member and said axle having a detachableconnection for knockdown purposes.

5. In a knockdown juvenile vehicle, the combination of a seat, asteering post supported thereby, a wheel supporting member, said postand said wheel supporting member having complementary ends fordetachable,

engagement, abolster supported by said seat, a pair of aligned axlereceiving members supported by said bolster, an axle receivable by eachof said axle receiving members, and a wheel carried by each axle andremovable with the axle from said axle re ceiving member for shipment inthe knockdown condition.

6. In a knockdown juvenile vehicle, the combination of a seat, anadjustably positionable jointed steering post supported thereby, a wheelsupporting member, said post and said wheel supporting member havingcomplementary ends for detachable engagement, a bolster supported bysaid seat, a pair of aligned axle receiving members supported by saidbolster, an axle receivable by each of said axle receiving members, awheel carried by each axle and removable with the axle from said axlereceiving member for shipment in the knockdown condition, and a bracehaving one end detachably but rigidly secured to the bolster and theother similarly secured to the seat.

7. A device of the character described in the preceding claim,characterized by the bolster being supported by and permanentlyconnected to the seat and adapted to lie parallel thereto when inknockdown position and tansversely thereof when in operative relation.

8. In a juvenile vehicle, the combination of a vehicle fran'iework,caster wheel means connected to one end of the framework for supportingthe same, a pair of wheels associated with the other end of theframework, a pair of separable and independent axles for supporting saidwheels, each axle being secured to a wheel and projecting laterallytherefrom and being rotatable therewith, and a pair of aligned axlereceiving members each adapted to detachably receive and rotatablysupport an independent axle and supported by said framework.

9. In a juvenile vehicle, the combination of a vehicle framework, casterwheel means connected to one end of the framework for supporting thesame, a pair of wheels associated with the other end of the framework, apair of separable and independent axles for supporting said wheels andsecured thereto, whereby the same projects laterally therefrom, and apair of aligned axle receiving members each adapted to detachablyreceive with a longitudinal sliding movement one of said independentaxles and supported by said framework In witness whereof, I havehereunto at fixed my signature.

HARRY DONALD FORSE.

